Christmas dread: Women fear the festive party season because they can't bear the thought of piling on pounds

It is supposed to be the season to be jolly. But a new study has revealed that two thirds of British women are actually dreading the Christmas break this year - because they worry about the effect that the extra calories they consume will have on their waistlines.

A new survey revealed that 67 per cent of British woman say they hate the look of their stomachs after Christmas - and all those indulgent meals - have come to an end.

It's not just stomachs that suffer either. The poll, put together by Harley
Street clinic Lovelite from their patients and from latest YouGov
data, revealed the second most hated part of British women’s
bodies after their tummies is their thighs (47 per cent), followed by their hips (42 per
cent).

LoveLite owner Debra Robson-Lawrence
said: 'Christmas should be a time of celebrating and relaxing with
friends and family but instead the majority of British women are
stressed out from calculating the effects of all the extra food and
drink.

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'They are dreading the fact that their figure is going to expand and especially hate putting on weight around their tummy.'

As
a result of women's body image issues, Robson-Lawrence says that demand
for non-surgical fat-reduction treatments has risen sharply and the
LoveLite clinic has seen a 200 per cent increase on last year.

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And some are even booking in before they indulge this Christmas in an attempt to preempt festive weight gain.

Fighting the flab: A third of women confess to hating their stomachs following the month of indulgence around Christmas

Debra Robson-Lawrence said: 'We’ve had a lot of women book in for treatments now to take off hard to lose fatty areas before the Christmas break to make up for the weight they think they are going to put on during the festive break.

'Most want to remove fat off their stomach but there is also a significant number that want to have fat-reduction treatment on their thighs and hips.'

The findings of the LoveLite research mirrors that of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on body image which revealed that half the UK pubic suffers from negative body image.